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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Strawberry Fields Quiltalong!

I'm finally getting this posted!! You all seem to be sewing up a storm so I hope a few of you will find time to sewalong.For those of you that would like to join in, here's the little quilt we will be making. My doll quilt measures approximately 21"x26". The blocks finish at 4 1/2".

I saw this unique block in Roberta Horton's Scrap Quilts book and thought that would be a little challenging but not too complicated.

So many quilts of this era (1890's-1910's) were set in a zig zag fashion that I thought it would be fun to do the same. I'm always a fan of 1/2 blocks too.

Other than the triangles for the sashing and a border, if you desire one, this will need no more than a few scraps.

I used pinks, black, gray, blue and browns for the larger printed section of the block. You'll need 4 for each whole block and 2 each for the half blocks. They do not need to be be the same print or color. I figured the blocks were pretty small and scrappy so I opted to keep them the same. (except in one block) Cut these squares 2".

For the colored center of the economy patch I kept within the same color but not print. You'll need 5 for each block and 4 for each half block. Cut these 1 1/2".

I like to cut my background patches on a square in a square a little larger, then trim to size. That's the cutting instructions I'll be giving. I used some antique fabric that was pretty thin and I had a heck of time sewing with some of them. The small size didn't help. Cutting a little larger and trimming was key to getting a nice square.

With that said your background light can be varied. I was trying to use up as many scraps as I could.

Cut 10- 2" squares, then cut once on the diagonal to make two triangles. If you have a strip cut it 20" x 2", then cut into squares, then triangles.

31 comments:

Oooo...that is ~beautiful~. I will be doing your quiltalong. I sure appreciate my cheddar and crackers and know this will be along the same vein. I love the colors. LOL, more food for the name! I thought you were into weight watchers! LOL!

Your doll quilt is a good one. I am going to have to look at my Roberta Horton book because I can't remember the quilt picture. I was looking Brackman's quilt encyclopeida and do not find a block exactly like this. The closest block is called Peekaboo but it has pieced rectangles composing a square where you have plain squares.

Lovely new quiltalong! I am still struggling to finish up my Crackers and Cheddar which isn't turning out as I'd envisioned, but that's okay; it's engendered two other mini quilts, one of which is cut and set aside for future enjoyment and the other mini is being worked on some every day. Could this be why I'm not finished with the original quilt??? None-the-less, I am off to pick out fabrics for this new quiltlet.

Hi Lori, I realized I would be joining you when I caught myself already imagining and planning what colours I would be using before I finished reading your post!So, count me IN!Thank you, and very nice to meet you, by the way! I came over as soon as Kathie mentioned 'mini':)Valentina from Cyprus

Hello Lori, as I was reading your post I realised this would be a wonderful quilt to make, so please count me in and let me know what do I have to do now! I just LOVE your mini quilts. Ann ~ Australia.

The more I look at the quilt, the more I can appreciate the decisions you made with the setting and colors. The zig zag sort of appeared to me - sort of like looking at the man in the moon or the lady with the umbrella (if that makes any sense to anyone outside my head). Anyway, thank you for posting this!

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